Automotive firm Exego Group (best known for the Repco brand) has said it’s boosted its IT infrastructure more than threefold using Riverbed technology.

Exego Group has four main business units (Repco being the best-known) and it operates a network of 369 stores and a team of more than 4,000 employees across ANZ regions.

The firm said that after deploying 17 Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its WAN, the company has seen a “more than threefold improvement in application performance”.

“We are continually updating our network to create a more efficient IT infrastructure,” said Exego Group’s Technical Services Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Garry Cleaver. “With limited bandwidth, both in-country and internationally, we wanted to improve the performance of existing and future applications, without having to buy more bandwidth.

“After comparing the functionality of WAN optimisation offerings from multiple vendors, it was clear that Riverbed gave us the performance benefits and ease-of-deployment we needed, at the right price point. We felt that Riverbed gave us a broad optimisation solution – not only for email communications but also other critical applications. The improved performance Riverbed delivers has allowed us to implement additional applications with no performance problems or additional WAN costs.”